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Wang Zhi was born in 173 B.C. in Huaili, Shaanxi. She was the daughter of Wang Zhong and of Zang Er, who was a granddaughter of Zang Tu, the late king of the state of Yan, and who was later given the title Lady of Pingyuan (Pingyuan Jun). Wang Zhi had a brother, Wang Xing, and a sister, Wang Xu.
Wang Zhi was sent along with her sister to Liu Qi's palace to join his concubinage. After being offered to the Crown Prince, both Wang Zhi and her sister became favored. She then bore him three daughters and later a son. This did not change her status, however, because the emperor’s official wife had been appointed empress upon his enthronement. As Empress Bo, was childless, Emperor Jing's oldest son Liu Rong, born of the Emperor's other favorite concubine, Lady Li, was created crown prince in 153 BC.
When Emperor Jing's older sister, Eldest Princess Guantao Liu Piao, offered to marry her daughter Chen Jiao to Liu Rong, Lady Li rudely rejected the proposal. However, Consort Wang took the opportunity and secured a marriage alliance by offering to marry her 5-year-old son Liu Che. Later Consort Wang put in place the final straw against Lady Li. She persuaded a minister to advise Emperor Jing to make Lady Li empress as Liu Rong was already the crown prince. Emperor Jing, already of the view that Lady Li must not be made empress, was enraged and believed that Lady Li had conspired with government officials. As a result, Emperor Jing demoted Liu Rong to the Prince of Linjiang in 150 BC and exiled him out of the capital city Chang'an. Lady Li was placed under house arrest.
Consort Wang was made Empress Wang in 150, Liu Che was appointed heir apparent, and the empress’s three daughters were appointed princesses of Yangxin, Nangong, and Longlu. Empress Wang did not try to assert as much influence on her husband. She had good relations with her mother-in-law, and both she and her brother Wang Xin played important parts in calming Emperor Jing over his anger against his brother Liu Wu, the Prince of Liang, and the favored young son of Empress Dowager Dou.
On the death of Emperor Jing, Liu Che (Emperor Wu) succeeded to the throne, his wife Chen Jiao becoming Empress Chen. Empress Wang became Empress Dowager Wang. Empress Dowager Wang exerted a significant influence on her son. Initially, her influence was balanced and outweighed by that of her mother-in-law, Grand Empress Dowager Dou. However, after Grand Empress Dowager Dou's death in 135 BC, Empress Dowager Wang became the paramount figure at court.
Empress Dowager Wang died in 126 BC and was buried with her second husband Emperor Jing.
Wang Zhi was a charming and intelligent woman.
Wang Zhi was the wife of Jin Wangsun and had a daughter named Jin Su. But later she divorced with him and became the second wife of Emperor Jing. She bore him three daughters and one son.
Liu Qi, also known as Emperor Jing, was the sixth emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty from 157 B.C. to 141 B.C.
Princess Pingyang was the eldest daughter of Emperor Jing of Han and his second empress, Empress Wang Zhi, as well as Emperor Wu's most well-known older sister.
Liu Che was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty of China, ruling from 141 B.C. to 87 B.C.
